Label



Sept 24%, E g. F MATTHEWS ZMMW LABEL FiledOct. 18, 1934 InventorPatented Sept. 24, 1935 UNHTED STATES ?ATENT @FFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in labelsparticularly for wearing apparel and has for its primary object toprovide a label embodying novel means for fold- 5 ing said labelpreparatory to its attachment to the garment or other article in amanner to materially reduce the cost and labor which this operationusually involves.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a l label for garments andother articles which will be simple in construction, durable, attractivein appearance and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing whereinlike characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation, showing a label in accordancewith the present invention before it is folded.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View of the label after it is folded.

Figure 3 is a view on an enlarged scale and in rear elevation of aportion of the label before the folding operation takes place.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that theembodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises afoldable sheet I having end flaps 2 joined thereto along fold lines 3.The selvage of the label is designated by the reference numeral 0.

Mounted loosely on the longitudinal edges of the label are draw stringswhich are slidably attached to the selvage 4 on the sheet I adjacent thefold lines 3 by loops 6, as illustrated to advantage in Figure 3 of thedrawing. From the loops 5, the end portions of the draw strings 5 extendacross the fold lines 3 and are turned at right angles and then foldedupon themselves and anchored to the end flaps 2, as at i.

To attach the label, said label may be held in any suitable manner andthe draw strings 5 are pulled outwardly in opposite directions by anysuitable means through the loops ii in a manner to draw the end flaps 2from the position shown in Figure l of the drawing to a positionadjacent the back of the sheet l, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure2 of the drawing. The label is 5 then ready to be attached to thegarment or other article. The means '6' for attaching the draw strings 5to the end flaps 2 is preferably in the form of stitches which extendthrough said flaps 2, as seen in Figure 1 of the drawing. 10 After thefolding operation has been completed, the attaching means i is, ofcourse, concealed behind the sheet l of the label. By folding the endportions of the draw strings 5 and securing said folded end portionstransversely on the end flaps 2 of the label said draw strings areprevented from pulling out the stitches i.

It is believed that the many advantages of a. label constructed inaccordance with the present invention will be readily understood, andalthough a preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated anddescribed, it is to be understood that changes in the details ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to which will fall within the 25 scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A label comprising a foldable sheet, and draw strings anchored tomarginal portions of said sheet and slidably connected to said sheet 30at points inwardly of said marginal portions for folding said marginalportions on said sheet.

2. A label comprising a foldable sheet, and draw strings having theirend portions anchored to certain of the marginal portions of said sheet,35 said draw strings further being slidably connected to said sheet atpoints inwardly of said certain marginal portions for folding saidcertain marginal portions on said sheet.

3. A label comprising a foldable sheet, loops 40 on said sheet adjacentthe ends thereof, and draw strings extending slidably through the loopsand anchored to the ends, said draw strings constituting means forfolding the end portions of the sheet.

FLOYD MATTHEWS.

